>>1247358> How much offroad?I think of riding it from the bus stop in the city (Moscow) to my country house. (Yeah, there's a city district, where you can find countryside nearby.) As this is Russia, the roads are not very good and I can't just buy a road bike. Furthermore, they're more expensive than MTBs, as they have some parts made of carbon. But in the same time an MTB seems to me too offroad to ride in the city. Or doesn't it matter so much?
Also I might ride it somewhere out of the city, not necessarily the route described above.
> Start by looking at a rigid 90's mountain bike.Give me an example of it pls, as in Russia I can find only either modern MTBs and road bikes, or Soviet-made road bikes, which often are only fixed gear.
> If you need more offroad than that, look at an XC hardtail.Is that an ordinary MTB? I'm now thinking of buying an MTB pic related as it has good equipment unlike other bikes, which are more expensive and have worse equipment. However I'm still too doubtful.
> Swap the tires for something more road worthy.That seems to me a good idea, if I buy an mtb.
In fact I want to use a bike primarily as transportation around the city, not for sport riding.
